Welcome to the Planning St. John's page. This page provides a site where the public can find information and give feedback on planning applications all in one place. Planning applications include Municipal Plan and Development Regulation amendments such as rezonings and text amendments, but do not include development applications, discretionary use applications, or non-conforming use applications.
Occasionally, a person or company proposes a type of development that does not meet our policies or regulations and would have to be rejected, unless an amendment can be made. Amendments undergo careful consideration by City staff and Council. As part of the amendment process, we invite you to learn about each application and give your comments and concerns – they help inform Council's decisions on these matters.
Links to current applications (starting in June 2022) are provided below. We invite you to view the applications that are of interest to you. Click the link to be taken to each planning application project page to learn more, ask a question, or provide your feedback.
If you prefer to provide comments or ask questions using mail or email, please do so to the Office of the City Clerk and include your name and address, or e-mail cityclerk@stjohns.ca or write to P.O. Box 908, St. John’s, NL, A1C 5M2. Be sure to include the name of the application in your submission.
As a result of a complaint filed against a heat pump installed on the front of a dwelling downtown, section 6.19 of the Development Regulations was reviewed by staff.
It is proposed to repeal section 6.19 from the Development Regulations the most appropriate place to regulate them is in the Residential Property Standards, Commercial Maintenance, and Heritage By-Laws rather than the Development Regulations.
Council is considering amending the St. John's Development Regulations to update Public Consultation requirements.
The provincial government has made changes to the Urban and Rural Planning Act (URPA) regarding publication requirements. This new legislation has prompted changes to Section 4.8 Public Consultation of the City’s development regulations regarding consultation for such things as rezonings, text amendments, discretionary uses, and non-conforming uses.
Each application has its own project page. Click the name of the project below to learn more or leave your feedback. Projects that are currently open for comments are identified in the list below.
1 Clift's-Baird's Cove(External link)
1-5 Petty Harbour Road(External link)
7 Rickett's Road(External link)
(External link
18 Mount Cashel Road(External link)
19 King's Bridge Road(External link)
20 George's Pond Road(External link)
38 Robin Hood Bay Road(External link)
45-53 Blackmarsh Road(External link)
46 Hazelwood Crescent(External link)
50 International Place(External link)
51 Hazelwood Crescent 2024(External link)
100 Logy Bay Road
(External link)
121-125 Bay Bulls Road(External link)
(External link)(External link)
358-376 Portugal Cove Place(External link)
424 Kenmount Road(External link)
746 Blackmarsh Road (External link)
Map Amendment - Waterways and Wetlands - 853 Main Road
Text Amendment - Cidery/Winery Use - 70 Powers Road
Text Amendment - Heat Pumps - Open for feedback
Text Amendment - Landscaping Requirements and Driveways
Text Amendment - Public Consultation - Open for feedback
(External link)
The list generally includes past applications that have been closed within the last 12 months. If you have questions about an application that closed more than a year ago, please email planning@stjohns.ca
7 Waterford Bridge Road (2025)
8 Shaw Street and 4 McLea Place
18 Campbell Avenue
(External link)
21 Merrymeeting Road(External link)
26 Alexander Street(External link)
34 New Cove Road(External link)
50 Bennett Avenue(External link)
75 Lady Anderson Street
(External link)
135 Harbour Drive - Text Amendment
188 New Pennywell Road
(External link)
222 LeMarchant Road - Text Amendment - Dwelling Units on 1st Storey
(External link)
425 Blackmarsh Road (Welland Street)
425 Blackmarsh Road (Between 418 Blackmarsh Road & 70 Welland Street)
670 Kenmount Road
(External link)
725 Southlands Boulevard (Galway) 2023
725 Southlands Boulevard (Galway) 2025
Main Road and Shoal Bay Road, Goulds
Map Amendment - Wetlands - Southlands SL1
(External link)
Text Amendment - Heritage Use Definitions and Conditions(External link)
Text Amendment - Residential Uses and Subsidiary Dwelling Units
(External link)
Have questions or want to learn more about a project, contact us below:
| engage@stjohns.ca | |
| Website | www.stjohns.ca |
| In writing | City Hall, 10 New Gower Street, St. John's, NL A1C 5M2 |
